We haven’t eaten rice in our house for about a year and a
half. That’s a long time.
Counting carbs caused me to make tough choices. First of
all, I gave up all things white, which I am still doing. White bread, flour,
potatoes, rice, pasta…they all are very high is carbs and give me nowhere near
the complex carbs/fiber I needed to help keep my blood sugar stable.
Next came the other carbs. Rice simply was too high in carbs
for the portion I could have. 30 carbs was a meal for me. A cup of brown rice has about
45 carbs in it, and ½ a cup of rice just wasn’t worth it. But now, no more carb
counting. Rice has become a staple. Tonight we had it with left over
ratatouille to which I added some cooked garbanzo beans. It’s a perfect
accompaniment with a stir-fry, with Peter’s now famous spicy rice and beans…and
on and on. Therefore, a gadget was called for to make cooking rice easier and
quicker. We get home at 5:30 (well, I do now, but that changes by the
academic semester) and want to eat by 6:30 or 7. Enter, the rice cooker.
I had seen rice cookers in action – set it and forget it.
Perfect rice every time. Hot, steaming and fluffy.
Wow, sounds like I’m talking about Kennebunk’s latest
scandal.
OK, back to the rice cooker. I did some research on my
go-to-site for everything, Amazon. AS a Prime member, if I can get it there for
a good price, that’s where I go. Hair products, shoes, books (of course), you
name it, Amazon has it. And sure enough, there was a little red rice cooker for
under $20.00. My kitchen has red toile wallpaper so red appliances are a
must-have.
This little baby cooked a cup of long grain brown rice in 30
minutes. Perfectly. So very impressive. And convenient. It also has a steamer insert,
which I tried with some veggie dumplings. Also quick, convenient, and
mucho-yum. Little things like always being able to have fresh rice take away a
bit of the panic of what to have for dinner when you can't whip up an omelet.
That, and the fact that red wine contains no animal
products.
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